Ski Goggle Care
Four things worth knowing once the goggle is yours: how to change the lens, how to clean it, where to keep it, and which part to replace when something finally wears out.
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How do you look after a ski goggle?
It comes down to which face is which. The inner face of the lens carries the anti-fog layer and is not made to be touched; the outer face carries the scratch-resistant coating and is. Hold a lens by the rim, let a wet one dry by itself, keep the one that is off the frame in its case, and dry the goggle open at room temperature. When a part does wear out it is usually a lens or a strap, at 499 SEK or 299 SEK rather than a new pair. Start with the two faces
A lens has two faces, and they are not the same object
Everything else on this page follows from one fact. Inside, each magnetic lens has an Italian anti-fog layer. Outside, a scratch-resistant coating. There are no exceptions in the range: nineteen lenses, two frames, and the clear lens is treated like the tinted ones.
So the two sides are not equivalent. The outer face is the only one made to be touched. The inner face is a treatment sitting on a surface, and it comes off the way any thin layer comes off, by being rubbed: a glove, a sleeve, a folded corner of a buff, a paper towel in a hotel room all do the same thing to it.
What makes this worth its own paragraph is that the damage runs one way. A layer that has been wiped away does not come back, so an inner face that has been dragged stays that way for the life of the lens. Why a goggle fogs in the first place, and what the layer does about it, is at anti-fog ski goggles.
Changing a lens without putting a thumb on the inside
The swap itself takes seconds and is set out step by step at magnetic ski goggles. What matters here is the handful of seconds on either side of it, because those are the seconds when the inner face is exposed and your hands are cold.
Take the lens by its rim, with fingers on the edge and nothing crossing the middle. Put it somewhere before you do anything else, and somewhere means the faux-leather case rather than a jacket pocket with a lift pass and a phone in it. Then look at the channel the lens sits in and clear any packed snow out of it before the next lens goes on, because a lens that cannot sit flush lets light and snow past the edge.
Do it in the queue rather than at the top, if you have the choice. Not because the goggle minds, but because a lens is easier to hold properly when you are standing still and not balancing it against a chairlift bar.
The whole rule
Edges only, and never the inner face. Everything else about looking after a goggle is ordinary common sense; this is the part that is specific to the product.
How to clean ski goggles
Most of looking after a lens is knowing which half of it to leave alone. Leave the inner face alone, wet or dry. If there is water on the inside, let the air take it rather than a cloth, and hold the lens at its edges while it dries. The outer face is the one made to be touched, so that is the side where snow or a thumbprint comes off, gently and with something soft.
Heat is the other hazard, and it is the one people walk into while trying to be helpful. A radiator or a blast of hot air is the wrong way to dry a goggle. Room temperature, in the open, with nothing resting on the lens, and they are ready by morning.
Straps are simpler. Let one dry in the air rather than near a heat source, and it keeps its stretch. If it has had a hard life, on a Reuben it is a 299 SEK part rather than a reason for a new goggle.
How to store ski goggles, and why the box matters for a month
Two containers arrive with every goggle. The protective faux-leather case is for storage and transport, and it is where a lens that is off the frame belongs, which is what makes owning a second lens practical rather than theoretical. The carton box is easy to throw out on the first evening, and worth keeping instead: a return needs the product and its original packaging in unaltered condition, so the box is part of the goggle until the thirty days are up.
Day to day, the routine is short. Dry them open at room temperature when you come in, put the lens that is not on the frame in the case, and leave the goggle somewhere nothing is pressing against the lens.
Over the summer, somewhere dry and indoors, away from a radiator and off a sunny windowsill, in the case and the box they came in. Heat is the thing to keep a frame away from, and a whole season in a warm loft is heat.
How long do ski goggles last?
A goggle is not one object, so the answer is a part rather than a number. The frame is what you keep. The lens and the strap are what wear. What matters is what happens when one of them does, and the answer there is short: you replace that part, not the goggle.
Every goggle carries a one-year warranty from the date of purchase. Normal wear is wear rather than a fault, minor scratches included, and the warranty does not limit the legal rights you have as a customer. Returns are a separate thing again and run for thirty days from the day the order reaches you.
The two components that see the most wear are the two sold on their own: a whole magnetic lens at 499 SEK in either family, and a whole strap at 299 SEK for a Reuben. Claude has a fixed strap and changes its lens instead. The one thing that cannot be renewed is the anti-fog layer on the inside of a lens, which is the whole argument for the handling rule further up this page. In practice a goggle lasts as long as its frame, and the two parts most likely to wear are the two you can renew without replacing the goggle itself.
The parts you can replace
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Questions about ski goggle care
How long do Corlin ski goggles last?
The frame is what you keep, and the lens and the strap are the parts that wear. Both are sold on their own, a magnetic lens at 499 SEK and a Reuben strap at 299 SEK, so a worn part stays a part rather than becoming a new pair of goggles.
Every goggle also carries a one-year warranty from the date of purchase, and returns are open for thirty days.
Which side of a ski goggle lens can I touch?
The outer one. It is the only face made to be touched, and it is the side that carries the scratch-resistant coating.
The inner face carries the anti-fog layer, and rubbing that face takes the layer with it. Hold a lens by its rim and the question stops coming up.
Where should a lens live when it is off the frame?
In the faux-leather case. A pocket holds a phone, keys and a lift pass, and the inner face is the side that cannot take being dragged across any of them.
The case is small enough to carry all day, which is what turns a second lens into one you actually swap on the hill rather than one you leave at home.
Is a scratched lens a warranty case?
Minor scratches from normal use are wear rather than a fault, so they sit outside what the one-year warranty is for. The warranty does not limit the legal rights you have as a customer, so if you think a lens has failed rather than worn, contact support.
The practical route is the same either way: a replacement lens is 499 SEK, the same part anyone buying a second lens pays.
Can I buy a replacement lens or strap on its own?
Yes, and that is the point of the system. Every magnetic lens is sold separately at 499 SEK, and the seven interchangeable straps at 299 SEK each fit any Reuben frame.
Lenses stay inside their own family, so a Reuben lens goes on a Reuben and a Claude lens on a Claude. Claude keeps the strap it arrives with.
How should I store ski goggles over the summer?
Somewhere dry and indoors, away from a radiator and off a sunny windowsill, in the case and the carton box they came in.
Dry them properly first: open, at room temperature, with nothing resting on the lens. A whole summer in a warm loft is the one place worth avoiding.
How do I look after a goggle strap?
Let it dry in the air rather than near a heat source, and the elastic keeps its stretch. Nothing else is needed, and nothing about it wants heat.
If a strap is past saving, on a Reuben it is a 299 SEK part, and there are seven to pick from.
What is the one care mistake that cannot be undone?
Dragging something across the inside of a lens. The anti-fog layer sits on that face, and once it has gone it does not come back.
Everything else on this page is a habit worth having. That one is the only part where a single wipe costs you something permanent.
Where to go next
Lens categories refer to the classification in EN ISO 12312-1:2022. For specifications and current availability, see the individual product page.